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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1115 

To close out expired, empty grant accounts. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 28, 2015 

Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. MANCHIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To close out expired, empty grant accounts. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grants Oversight and 

5 New Efficiency Act’’ or the ‘‘GONE Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING AND CLOSING OUT EXPIRED, EMPTY 

7 GRANT ACCOUNTS. 

8 (a) INSPECTORS GENERAL REPORT.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

10 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Council 

11 of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency 


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1 shall submit to Congress and the head of each agen2 cy a report that— 

3 (A) lists each covered grant account held 

4 by the United States Government; 

5 (B) recommends which of the covered 

6 grant accounts described in subparagraph (A) 

7 should be immediately closed; and 

8 (C) for each covered grant account that 

9 has been expired for more than 90 days, ex10 plains why the covered grant account has not 

11 been closed out. 

12 (2) CONSIDERATION.—In determining which 

13 grant accounts held by the United States Govern14 ment are covered grant accounts, the Council of the 

15 Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency shall 

16 compare the information made available in the cash 

17 payment management system and the grants pro18 gram management database to ensure that grant ac19 counts for grant awards that are not expired are not 

20 listed under paragraph (1)(A). 

21 (b) CLOSURE OF ACCOUNTS REQUIRED; NOTICE.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the report is submitted under subsection (a), 

24 the head of each agency with a covered grant ac25 count recommended for closure in the report deVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:57 May 07, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1115.IS S1115

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1 scribed in subsection (a) shall close out each expired 

2 grant award associated with each covered grant ac3 count that is managed by the agency. 

4 (2) NOTICE FROM AGENCIES.—Not later than 

5 90 days after the date on which the 180-day period 

6 described in paragraph (1) ends, the head of each 

7 agency required to close a covered grant account 

8 under paragraph (1) shall provide notice the Council 

9 of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency 

10 specifying whether the head of the agency has closed 

11 out grant awards associated with all of the covered 

12 grant accounts required to be closed under para13 graph (1). 

14 (3) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 

15 days after the date on which the 90-day period de16 scribed in paragraph (2) ends, the Council of the In17 spectors General on Integrity and Efficiency shall 

18 submit to Congress and the committees of jurisdic19 tion a report on the status of all the covered grant 

20 accounts required to be closed under paragraph (1). 

21 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

22 (1) the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 

23 that term in section 551 of title 5, United States 

24 Code; and 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘covered grant account’’ means a 

2 grant account in a Federal agency payment manage3 ment system held by the United States Government 

4 that has a zero balance for more than 180 days and 

5 for which the grant award period has expired. 

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